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The following synonymy of these magnolias is gleaned from 

 Index Kewensis, vol. iii : 



Magnolia Fraseri, Walt. Fl. Carol., p. 159. M. auricularis, 

 Salisb. Parad. Lond., t. 43. M. auriculata, Desr. in Lamarck's 

 Ency. iii, p. 673. M. pyramidata, Bartram ex Pursh Fl. Am. 

 Septent, ii, p. 382. 



M. macrophylla, Michaux, Fl. Bor. Am., I, p. 328. M. Mich- 

 auxiana, Hort. ex D. C. Syst, I, p. 455. 



M. Umbrella, Desr. in Lamarck's Encyc., iii, p. 673 Hook, 

 and Jacks , Ind. Kew , p. 146, 1. M. frond osa, Salisbury, Prod., 

 p. 379. M. Umbdlata, Hort. ex Stendel, Norn. ed. i,, ii, p. 90. 

 M. Virfjiniana, Linn. Sp. PL, ")35 = (acuminata, ylauca, 

 Umbrella). M. tripetala, Linn. Syst.- ed. 10, p. 1082. 



The Kentucky Oaks shown were of three species, Quercus 

 alba, valuable for its timber ; Q. Prinos, called chestnnt oak 

 from the resemblance of its leaves to the true (not horse) 

 chestnut (dastanea), and whose thick furrowed bark is used for 

 tanning; and, lastly, Q. tinctoria, the quercitron oak, which, as 

 the name indicates, is used by the dyer as well as the tanner. 



The southern beech (Fagus atropunicea), although obviously 

 related to our Canadian F. ferruginea, which forms the bulk of 

 the original hardwood forest in many parts of Nova Scotia, is 

 nevertheless quite a different tree, and instead of having a more 

 ample foliage, as we might expect in the southern form, has 

 even smaller leaves than ours. The European beech, F. sylvatica, 

 was probably as abundant in western Europe in early times as 

 our Canadian beech is still along the Atlantic seaboard, and it 

 is difficult to separate it as a species. 



The only maple in the collection is Acer Eugelii. 



The red-bud, or Judas tree, was named Cercis Canadensis by 

 Linnaeus at a time when the geographical limits of " Canada " 

 were rather vague. New York State embraces its most northerly 

 range. 



Kalmia latifofia, also, must be relegated as a southern 

 (although a mountain) plant. From its northern range in the 



